Improvement in rosettes foe bridies



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VW. F. NiLES, 0F' LEOMINSTER., MASSACHUSETTS. Letters Patent No. 70,2451, dated October 29. 1867.

IMPRGVEMENT IN ROSETTES FOR BRIDLQES. Y

KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS:.

That I, W. F. NILES, of Leominster, in the `county of Worcester, endCommonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Rosettes for Bridles.; and I do hereby declare that the following is a. full,clear, and exact description o'f the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming part of this specification, fin whichv Figure 1 represents o. front view of one of my improved rosettes.

Figure 2 represents a. section on line A B, iig. 1, and l Fig-ure 3 represents .a front view ofe rosette constructed somewhat differently from the one shown in fig. 1.

4'.lo ena-'ble those skilled in the art to which my invention belongs to make and use the same, I will proceed to describe it more in detail. p

In the drawings, the parts marked A B C lere made of horn, pressed o r carved into the form shown in the drawings.

E is obutton, through the eye t of whichthe wire b is passed` and the ends c c then passed down through holes in the pieces A, B, end 0, `end'wound or coiled aro-und the arms d 0l of the loop wire'F, the ends e e of which .are passed through the pieces A, and heeded down properly. In iig. 3 the button G is mode in 'u different form. P

vRosettes een loe' mode according to my invention which are for superior to the common leather rosette. Therosettes are niet affected by moisture or exposure to the weather so easily as the leather rosettesare. Any ydesired number of pieces of horn or hoof may be usedpin the construction of the rosette. Again, es the horn or Vhoof takes di'erent colors from the seme dye, they can be made very ornamental, and at the sume time cheep.

It will be seen by reference to fig. 2, tht the pieces B and C are'pressed into concave forms, which give the rosette an enlarged appearance, while it is very light. The diierent parts might .be held together by a. screw., the head of the screw taking the place of the button E. In this case the point of the screw would enter the .piece A. I prefer, however, to make the rosette in the manner shown in the drawings.`

Having described my improved rosette for bridles, what I claim therein as new, and desireto secure by Letters`-Petent, is i ,Ans a, new `article of manufacture,'a, rosette, the body of which is made of concave-convex disks of horn or hoof united, and combined together substantially as .and for the purposes herein specified.

W. F. N ILES..

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